Balsa source

jsesere Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:46 am

Many, many years ago, a guy could go to the local hobby shop and buy pre-shaped formed balsa sheets in 3 inch and I think 4 inch wide sheets. The balsa was sanded to a leading and trailing edge shape and used mainly for hand tossed gliders like what's in the kits that Jetco used to make. Does anyone know of a source for this kind of balsa sheet?

PV Pilot Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:50 am

I seen a couple pieces of that many years ago,, and that was pretty dried out at the time. Gone now.

Maybe shoot Midwest a email, they might have a source for the work.

nitroairplane Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:52 am

There was some in a west wings kit that I bough a while ago so if you contact them maybe they can provide some.

dckrsn Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:18 pm

Here ya go Joe.

http://www.sigmfg.com/cgi-bin/dpsmart.exe/IndexText/FSIGB111.html?E+Sig

Bob

PV Pilot Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:34 pm

dckrsn wrote:Here ya go Joe.

http://www.sigmfg.com/cgi-bin/dpsmart.exe/IndexText/FSIGB111.html?E+Sig

Bob

Just like that,,,

jsesere Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:43 pm

Thank you for the info.
Joe

**Cribbs74** Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:04 pm

Good link Bob, Thanks for posting that!

Jaspur_x Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:36 pm

Those will come in handy for a few projects I have in mind Shocked

dckrsn Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:16 pm

Just a thought,.....sandwich 2 together for a cheap and easy symetrical wing? Balsa source 1782539286

Speed plane maybe?
http://www.sigmfg.com/cgi-bin/dpsmart.exe/IndexText/FSIGB111.html?E+Sig

**RknRusty** Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:53 pm

I wish they had 3/8". I may have bookmarked a source that had a larger selection. I'll try to find it.

andrew Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:48 am

RknRusty wrote:I wish they had 3/8".

Rusty --
Since it's a flat bottomed airfoil, all you need to do is laminate an 1/8" sheet(s) to the bottom, reshape the leading edge and razor plane the TE, finishing off with a sanding bar and you have 3/8" thick foil. You may have to edge glue a couple of 1/8" sheets together since they need to extend far enough beyond the original airfoil to allow shaping.

**RknRusty** Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:19 pm

As usual, good idea, Andrew, I could do that. Thanks for the tip. I want a 3/8" on my Little Devil when ever I get around to that project.

andrew Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:46 pm

To save a little weight, you could add a strip under the LE and one under the TE, just enough to allow shaping, then when you cover the wing, the gap between the two will appear solid.

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